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One Man’s Everyday Life

Meet Kent, an introspective, newly single gay man that is presently celebrating his new-found freedom.

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Kent is in touch with his body. At home you will find him naked … his clothes come off the moment he walks through the door. He knows the feeling of fresh air on his skin and he savors it.

If Kent won the lottery he says he would visit every nude beach in the world.

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Kent is 47 and lives in St Paul, Minnesota. Due to the long winters, much of the year he has to stay bundled up against the cold. Come spring, it’s a different story. His jeans have a delightful way of coming down.

Were you wondering what the previous picture looked like from the front?

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When Kent sent this marvelous and eclectic set of pictures, I knew it would make a great feature. It occurred to me they are shots of a day in the life of an intriguing man.

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When Kent spends his time perusing images of men, he prefers shots of guys with flaccid penises. I concur. They seem to be rather rare on the Internet. Soft lets you turn your imagination to what you might do to make it hard.

Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes. Here Kent has found a secluded spot on one of them. How striking he is in the elements. This shot suggests it would likely be fun to spend the day with him.

I call this a knack for intriguing photography.

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What a beautiful and masculine shape Kent has for a man of 47. He obviously knows when to back away from the dinner table, though he enjoys craft beers, good food and fine wine, obviously in moderation. He works out, but doesn’t go overboard … doesn’t care much for bulging muscles.

Starting a new day, or ending one?

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His teeth are brushed, now time for a quick shower.

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Somehow irresistible. You wonder if there were any passersby, if they caught a glimpse, if their thoughts were similar to what our own would have been.

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Hmm.

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When I asked Kent if he has a personal philosophy, he said: Live life today for tomorrow you may be gone.

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Kent is not a religious man, but obviously spiritual, spiritual in the sense he is keen to explore the essence of life, to be one with himself and his surroundings.

MALE SEXUALITY

What does male sexuality have to do with Martin Brant Novels?

Within the general brotherhood of man, concerning male sexuality, a significant percentage of men live with a closely guarded secret. More common than most people think, these men are dealing a same sex attraction. Most people, other than those they may have shared their secret with, don’t realize how many men have some degree of sexual attraction to other men. Contrary to most moral codes and various religious beliefs, these feelings are quite common and natural. They are feelings that number among the human emotions I deal with through the characters in my novels.

A writer’s first priority, mine included, is to tell a good story. Any writer worth his or her salt wants to create a thoughtfully written story and entertain those who read his or her work. It could be a murder mystery like my latest novel, Copperas Cove, where Jonathon Scott, recently divorced, leaves Pittsburgh to start a new life and finds himself entangled in the bigoted dramas of 1950s Mississippi; or a WWII action/adventure like The Partisans, where two men on an important mission in France stumble upon a bright new future; or a tale of romance like A Song in the Park, where two men at odds with their past cross paths and start facing life’s challenges together. Good stories have characters and characters have personalities, personalities that are very much a part of the whole and make for a more intriguing book. Often the character’s personality can be a story within a story, or it can be the story itself, as in books such as Catcher in the Rye, or my first novel Five Married Men.

Why the element of same sex attraction?

For me it’s a fascination with the vast diversity of human nature. It’s a part of the human race that, for various reasons, many don’t understand. Many of us have been indoctrinated to belief there is something wrong with being attracted to a member of our own sex, which includes the majority of those who are. These are the men who keep secrets, who often feel guilty, who somehow believe there is something wrong with them. Though you may not feel attracted to members of your own sex, you know someone who does. It may be your brother or sister, your neighbor or a colleague at work, your cousin or best friend; it may even be your husband or wife. And chances are you don’t know their secret exists.

Considered a blessing or a curse, or both, the degree of same sex attraction varies from one man to the next; from a mild curiosity that leaves him feeling either guilty or warm inside, to a full blown and exclusive attraction to one’s own sex. Though the same holds true for both men and women, my focus and my novels are about men (and the women in their lives). And for some reason, same sex attractions seem more prevalent in men, though it is also considered by many as more unnatural and less acceptable.

So why would an author that wants to write a compelling mainstream tale include characters with a same sex attraction? Maybe I believe human sexuality in itself is compelling. Maybe, through my novels, I would like to help broaden human understanding. Maybe a part of me wants to say it’s okay.